Urban Problems and Community DevelopmentIn recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference? This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The authors--economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a historian--define community development broadly to include all capacity building (including social, intellectual, physical, financial, and political assets) aimed at improving the quality of life in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The book addresses the history of urban development strategies, the politics of resource allocation, business and workforce development, housing, community development corporations, informal social organizations, schooling, and public security. |
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we use limited resources to help people leave poor neighborhoods — and all their attendant problems — behind ? ... However , as William Dickens points out in chapter 9 , even though unemployment rates in low - income neighborhoods ebb ...
For example, do nonprofit, for-profit, and public sector entrepreneurs in low-income neighborhoods have fundamentally different motives? Should it be a foregone conclusion that community residents have more control over the performance ...
For community policing and other purposes, carefully designed, well-launched efforts to increase the capacity of voluntary groups in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods can be successful. For example, David Chavis, Paul Florin, ...
NEP helps businesses owned by residents , former residents , or people with experience in low - income housing management to become owners and managers of apartment buildings under city control . For example , it helps them establish ...
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